Alkylene oxide condensation products of aliphatic acylcarbamylguanidines



Patented Aug. 9, 1949 f ALKYLE'NE CONDENSAYTIHON hiss- .Uc'rs ions ALIPHATIC ACYLCARBAMYL- GUANIDINES J oseph'J 'Carnes; Greenwich, and Ruth l1, JV

ner,' Stamford,- ,Gonn., assignors v.js'o v Gyanamidilompany, New York, N. I.) a cola- ;zoration of- Maine N6 oi-aviiig; Application June 1e,-"115cc;-

Serial N 0. 6775522 mass; 01. at -ices?) l This invention relates to condensation products riedout v tyoi operating co'ndi of higher aliphatic acylcarbamylguanidines, in tions dep ing on the ypep'frreag'en't and the which the aliphatic radical contains 8 or more number oflgwer a'llyloxide,niolecules tobecorn carbon atoms, with lower alkyiene oxides such as h 3 actory results are obethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene' oxide, 5 tained with ethylene'oxi oseraens at atmosepichlorhydrin and the like. The invention inpheric pressures and temperatures varying from eludes the condensationproducts themselves and about 4, 5 l09 C., butwhen relatively large quanwetting, emulsifying and textile-softeningcomtitles 0i ethylene oxide gn the order of 15-30 positions containing them. orc re mqlsare be i l. c1 ,v with 1. .1 1 o In the eopending application of Daniel E. Nagy, 19 the acylcarbarnylg ani n it is sometimes re Serial No. 579,30; filed February 22 19{i5 now erable to operate inder superatn ospheric pres abandoned-it is" shownthat the higher aliphatic sures up to about atmospheres, The same is acylcarbamylguanidines are readily obtained b true when using -propyl,ene or butylene oxide since reacting dicyandiarr'iide'withhigher fatty acids in they. arficless ac vejghgn ethylene oxide and the presence of stronginorganic acids such as require correspondinglyhighertempelat -lms and sulfuric acid or phosphoric acid,- which act as pressures llnderthese conditions reaction temdehy'dratin agents, The aliphatic acylca'rbam'ylperatures; up, to ,;l,50"-'1;6f C andpressures up to guanidines in which the aliphaticlradical contains about ,5-6. atmosph es in at least 8 carbon atoms arerelat-ive'ly' -w'atrinsoluble, although they are-soluble invvater acidicarried out, in the uresenceof apolar solvent such fied with acetic or hydrochloric acid. 7 as ethyl alcohglior one ofust lle propyl.onbutyl We have now discovered that by condensing alcoholaandii desired asicgondensation catthese higher aliphatic acylcarbamylguanidines alystmay be ad, dtoirrcreaseihe speed of the with lower alkylene" oxides or their derivatives condensation r eacti on o r reduce the operating such as ethylene oxide, propylene oxide,"butylje'ne 25 temperature and. pressure fiqr example it ,is oxide, epichlorhydrin and the like; hydrophilic known thatabout oi. gspdium ethyl alcoholate or water-solubilizing groups can b'e introduced to will function as a ataly rth e condensation of impart definite suriace active' properties; We ethylene oxidewith inides .of;higher,fatty acids, find that by startingwith'a1iphatic'acylcalrbamy1 and we fihd rthattliis catalyst, can- ,also be used guanidines in which the aliphatic radical contains at least 8 carbon atoms' and preferably about 10- 18 carbon atoms, compounds having wetting, dispersing and textile-softening properties are obasltitiethyla nineas catalyst, particularlyjncon tained when a nimmumof'about i-fi and preferjunctionmithth use of tertiary butanol as solably about 8-20 mols of ethylene oxide are come vent, as illustrated n theaccq npanying examp es. bined with 1 mol of carbamylguanidine. With However loyyer @lkylene oxide condensations aliphatic acylcarbamylguanidines of higher mousing this cla oLcatalystsand solvents are not lecular weight, such as thoseobtained from-'vege-r claimed specii l ally in the present application, tal (animal or vegetable) .oilssuchas coconutoil, since they are claimed in thapomnding applicaolive oil, cottonseed oil,.soya bean'oil and the'lik'e, .40 tionoiJosephJ. Carries, Serial No. 677,523, filed it is sometimesadvisable to-useie'ven larger pro- June 18,1946, portions of; ethylene,-propy1en" r butylcne oxi From the foregoingniscussion it, is evident that and where products 93 good W t rare any aliphaticiacylcarbamylguanidine inwhich'the desired We y ne aliphatic-radicalcontains a't least' 8 cttrbonatoms t fi Oxide l l 0f themlgher may bcondehsedwith a lowr'alkylen'e oxide, ahphatlc acylcareamylguemdmee or halogensubstitution pfodu't' thereof; to form frhglzondensatwn react-10p petween hllgher the water-soluble products of the present invenahphati-c acylcarbamylguanidmes and t e ower tion. Typical compounds that may be used as 2-4 carbon atoms; f l ss ifii gg gigi oxide butylene starting materials are lauroylcarbamylguanidine, myristoylcarbamylguanidine, palmitylcarbamyloxide and thei halogenation products such as v 1 epichlorhydrin is preferably carried out by susdine, oleylcarbamylguamdme, stea.y caipending the acyicarbamylguanidine in a suitable y u ne, l ley carbamyl anidine and solvent and introducing the alkylene oxide comthe like. At noted above, these are derivatives pound. The condensation reaction may be carof higher fatty acids obtainable from natural pounds can be expressed by the formula in which n is a whole number from 2-5 inclusive, :1: is a number from 4-50 inclusive, and R is an aliphatic radical containing at least 8 and preferably about 10-18 carbon atoms. The preferred compounds of our invention .are the lauroyl, myristoyl, oleyl and stearyl derivatives of carbamylguanidines in which a: is from about 8 to about 20, inclusive. Compounds of this type have good wetting and softening propertiesfor textiles, and are also useful as cationic emulsifying agents. The invention will be illustrated in greater detail by the following specific examples to which, however, it is not limited.

Example 1 0.88 gram mols of lauric acid are mixed with 9.1 gram mols of sulfuric acid containing 3% of dissolved S03 and 1 gram mol of dicyandiamide, preferably in a finely divided state, is added slowly and with vigorous stirring so that it remains in contact with the sulfuric acid for only a short time prior to its reaction with the lauric acid. During addition of the dicyandiamide the temperature of the mixture is maintained at 30 C. by positive cooling, if necessary, and the agitation is continued at this temperature after the dicyandiamide has all been added until no further heat is evolved. The mixture is then poured into cracked ice so that a precipitate of the lauroylcarbamylguanidine sulfate is formed. The solid product is filtered and washed thoroughly with water and acetone to remove any unreacted lauric acid, after which it is suspended in methanol and treated with a slight excess of ammonia. After vigorous stirring and cooling in an ice bath the mixture is diluted with water and filtered, whereupon lauroylcarbamylguanidine is obtained as a product melting at 220 C.

28 grams of the lauroylcarbamylguanidine were suspended in a mixture of 100 cc. of tertiary butanol and 12 cc.' of triethylamine and heated to 65-75 C. under a reflux condenser supplied with ice-cold water. Ethylene oxide was bubbled through this slurry at atmospheric pressure. After a short time the mixture became clear, and when 46 grams of ethylene oxide had been absorbed the passage of gas was discontinued. This required about 6 hours. The reaction mixture was then refluxed for an additional hour, during which time the temperature rose to 88 C., after which the tertiary butanol and triethylamine were removed by distilling at reduced pressure. The product, a tan, viscous liquid, was soluble in water and possessed good dispersing and emulsifying properties.

Example 2 Myristoylcarbamylguanidine was prepared as described in Example 1 by introducing grams of powdered dicyandiamide into a mixture of 114 grams of myristic acid and 550 grams of a mixture of equal parts of 96% H2804 and 20% oleum at 20-25 C., reacting for about 2 hours, pouring on ice, filtering and liberating the free carbamylguanidine by slurring in 5% NH40H solution.

Ethylene oxide was bubbled through a slurry containing 50 grams of the product in 100 cc. of tertiary butanol and 15 cc. of triethylamine at a temperature between 70 C. and C. After a short time the mixture became clear and when 71 grams of ethylene oxide had been absorbed the passage of gas was discontinued. The mixture was then refluxed for 1 hour, during which time the temperature rose to 96 C., and the triethylamine and butanol were removed by distilling at reduced pressure. The product, a tan, viscous liquid weighing 122 grams, was soluble in water and possessed wetting and emulsifying properties.

What we claim is:

1. Water-soluble ethenoxy condensation products of water-insoluble aliphatic acylcarbamylguanidines corresponding to the formula in which n is a whole number from 2-4 inclusive, :1: is a number from 4-50 inclusive, and R is an aliphatic radical containing from 8 to 18 carbon atoms.

2. Water-soluble ethylene oxide condensation products of water-insoluble aliphatic acylcarbamylguanidines in which the aliphatic radical contains from 8 to 18 carbon atoms said condensation products containing 4-50 mols of combined ethylene oxide.

3. A water-soluble ethylene oxide condensation product of lauroylcarbamylguanidine said condensation product containing 4-50 mols of combined ethylene oxide.

4. A water-soluble ethylene oxide condensation product of myristoylcarbamylguanidine said condensation product containing 4-50 mols of combined ethylene oxide.

JOSEPH J. CARNES. RUTH B. WARNER.

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